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Tharu
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Hard disk formatting
Hard disks, Hard Disk Reformatting
Please tel me that how to add a formatted partition to drive C without formatting the whole hard drive?????

Eg- Drive C - Having Operating System

     D - Formatted

     E - Working


*So I want to add 'D' partition to Drive 'C' without formatting the whole disk.... Please help to solve this problem.


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Windows XP
ASKED: Sep 1 2009  12:38 AM GMT
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Use a partitioning software like partition magic. That will take you through the steps of creating a partition on the existing formatted disk.
Last Answered: Sep 1 2009  1:02 PM GMT by Nnf97   3340 pts.
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BlankReg   11280 pts.  |   Sep 1 2009  1:10PM GMT

It really depends on the operating system you are using. Linux/Unix has different tools. Partition Magic is probably only used if you have XP. Vista has tools already there to do this, without formatting the whole drive.

But make sure the first thing you do is de-fragment the drive to make sure all the existing data is at the start of the physical drive, that then gives you the maximum flexibility over the partition sizes.

 

KevinBeaver   7610 pts.  |   Sep 2 2009  3:01PM GMT

Also consider Acronis Disk Director.

 
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